Mansha Daswani

Format IP owners at MIPCOM were firmly focused on showcasing broad, four-quadrant entertainment options.

Kate Phillips, director of unscripted at the BBC, and Sumi Connock, creative director of formats at BBC Studios, showcased trends in the vibrant game and quiz formats sector at a MIPCOM session this morning, where they were joined onstage by the producers of some of the company’s latest launches.

Presented by Broadcast Program Export Association of Japan (BEAJ)’s Makito Sugiyama and The WIT’s Virginia Mouseler, with commentary from Empire of Arkadia’s Fotini Paraskakis and Small World’s Tim Crescenti, the Treasure Box Japan showcase at MIPCOM featured new formats available for international broadcasters and platforms to adapt.

James Farrell, head of international originals at Amazon MGM Studios, and Akihiko Okamoto, president and representative director of Japanese content powerhouse Yoshimoto Kogyo, discussed their long-standing partnership that resulted in the global hit LOL—Last One Laughing in a MIPCOM keynote today.

With BCWW underway, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) has clinched a deal for the scripted series Extremely Inappropriate! to be remade in South Korea and has aligned with Something Special to co-develop a new non-scripted entertainment format.

BBC Studios has created a new U.K. entertainment unit under the leadership of Suzy Lamb as managing director.

Michael von Würden, managing director of Snowman Productions, spoke about the enduring success of Married at First Sight and innovation in the formats space at the TV Real Festival.

Day two of the TV Real Festival opened with Fremantle’s Vasha Wallace, Banijay’s James Townley, BBC Studios’ André Renaud and All3Media International’s Nick Smith weighing in on trends in non-scripted entertainment formats.

Avi Armoza has clinched a deal to regain ownership of Armoza Formats from ITV Studios.

A recap of the major news that emerged from MIPFormats and MIPTV.